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BIOGRAPHIES
† Source:
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co.
Publ. Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co.
1889
(Contributed by Sharon Wick)
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JOHN ELLIOTT,
a prominent farmer of Wayne Township, is of Irish descent, his
grandfather coming from that country to America in an early day, and
locating in the State of Pennsylvania, William Elliott,
a son of this pioneer, was born in Pennsylvania in 1780, and was
there married to Elizabeth Hays, who was born in
1792. They had a family of eight children, three sons and five
daughters. In the fall of 1827 they immigrated to Ohio, and
for a short time lived in the town of Wooster. In the spring
of 1828 Mr. Elliott bought 160 acres of land in
Wayne Township, of Cyrus Spink, for $800. He
was a hard-working man, and brought this farm to became one of the
best in the township, making it his home until 1855. His widow
died in 1859.
John Elliott
is the sixth in order of birth and the youngest son in the family of
William and Elizabeth (Hays) Elliott. He was
born on the homestead in Wayne Township, which has always been his
home, seventy-seven of the eighty acres now owned by him being part
of the original tract. He was married Aug. 4, 1859, to
Elizabeth J. Condry, daughter of William and
Deborah (Frazier) Condry. They have a family of four
sons: William, born in 1861; Charles,
born in 1863; Zeno H., born in 1865, and
John Grant, born in 1868. Mr. Elliott
is one of the most prominent citizens of Wayne County, the
birthplace of many worthy sons of the sturdy pioneers who laid the
foundation of the future greatness of this county, one of the best
in the State of Ohio.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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REV. JOHN
C. ELLIOTT, of Rittman, Milton Township, Wayne County, is a
son of Thomas and Barbara (Warren) Elliott, natives
of Jefferson Co., Ohio, who having purchased a farm in Milton
Township, in 1828, removed to it a few yeas later. On this
farm our subject still lives. Thomas Elliott
was prominent in all local public enterprises and works of
benevolence. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church,
and director of the county infirmary until failing health made it
impossible for him to visit it. He died in June, 1871; his
widow yet lives on the old farm with her son, John C.
Their family consisted of five children: Austin W., Simon
P., Warren, John C. and Mary R., and of these there are yet
living Rev. A. W. Elliott, of Marshfield, Mo., and
Rev. John C. Elliott.
The subject of these lines was born July 18, 1839, and was educated
at Vermillion Institute, Western Reserve (now Adelbert) College and
Princeton Theological Seminary. He was at once called to the
Presbyterian Church at Nebraska City, Neb., where he was ordained
and installed pastor in 1867. Here he remained till 1870, when
he was called home to Ohio by the rapidly failing health of his
father. In addition to the pastoral charge in Nebraska, he was
active in mission work, organizing the church at Lincoln, the
capital, and in educational enterprises. He was appointed by
the governor examiner of the State Normal School and regent of the
State University. He also acted for one year as president of
Otoe University, a Presbyterial school at Nebraska City. On
returning to Ohio he was invited to take charge of the Presbyterian
Church in Seville, which he served as acting pastor for fifteen
years, always living, however, on the old farm. In 1878 he
gathered and organized the church at Rittman, of which he became the
first pastor, and has remained in charge since. Has for years
been a trustee of Wooster University.
In
May, 1866, Mr. Elliott married Miss Nettie
M., daughter of Nathaniel Stanley, of Trumbull Co., Ohio,
and to them seven children have been born: the eldest
Thomas S., died in infancy; six yet live: Charles
H., Warner W., Mary, Varnum N., Ruth and Paul.
In 1878 Mr. Elliott built a drain tile manufactory
at Rittman, and in 1887 erected his large establishment.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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ROBERT EWING
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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